Rockland County Police Emerald Society Pipes & Drums Band

Happy Easter from our family to yours!!

Pipers Wanted: Ceol Mor to Combat Corona Pipers Wanted: Ceol Mor to Combat Corona For hundreds of years, the skirl of the pipes have been used to call communities to action against a common foe and to summon the courage, to boost flagging morale when hope seemed lost. So effective were the pipes in uniting people that the English once prohibited them as an instrument of war.... Our nation is currently at war against an insidious, invisible enemy that has fundamentally changed our communities and our way of life. Our communities need to hear the defiant sound of the pipes to remind us that we will not surrender; we will beat this. We need the power of Ceol Mor, Big Music, to encourage our first responders to continue the fight, to remind our government leaders that we as a community are here, and to let those who are mourning in isolation that they are not alone and their loved ones are not forgotten. We are putting a call out for Pipers in the area to do the following: At 6:50 pm, we ask you to go outside and play Amazing Grace in tribute to those mourning in social isolation and to seek God’s grace for our communities in this time of need. We then ask you to play the Minstrel Boy or a patriotic tune as a sign that this crisis will never get the better of us. The goal is that this should lead up to 7:00 pm, which has become a worldwide time for a public round of applause for healthcare workers and first responders. At this time of crisis, let the sound of the pipes rally and encourage us to continue the fight than surrender to despair.

The Rockland County Police Emerald Society Pipe Band announces the unexpected passing of our first Pipe Major, Kevin Graiani. Kevin was a retired Sergeant with the Village of Spring Valley Police Department and a former Police Officer with the NYPD. "Brothers above all else". God Bless. We will miss you!

As we are saddened to learn that the Savannah St. Patricks Day parade has been cancelled, the Pipe & Drum band will still be coming down. You will find us at the 18th annual Irish Heritage Parade on Tybee Island March 14th. We will also be out and about at your favorite places in Savannah throughout the weekend and on St. Patricks Day, playing your favorite tunes! Happy St. Patricks Day!!